Renowned Hindi Literator Acharya Mahaveer Prasad Dwivedi’s 148th Birthday Celebrations were held by Construction Organisation, South Central Central Railway on 15.05.2012 which was presided by Shri Sukesh Kumar Sharma, Chief Administrative Officer/Constgruction, Secunderabad. Smt.Mangala Abhyankar, Dy.General Manager (Official Language), S.C.Railway was the guest of honour at the function. Shri Narottam Singh Uikey, Dy.Mukya Rajbhasha Adhikari & Chief Engineer/Constgruction /IV/ Secunderabad and other senior officers and staff of SCR Construction Organisation attended the function.
At the outset, Smt.M.V.R.Anjani, Rajbhasha Adhikari/Con/Secunderabad welcomed the gathering, followed by garlanding the portrait of Acharya Mahaveer Prasad Dwivedi and offering of floral tributes.Shri Sukesh Kumar Sharma, CAO/C/SC in his address gave a brief description of the Hindi Literature of modern times and its four phases of evolution and mentioned that the literature of Mahaveer Prasad belongs to the early period of the modern Hindi literature. He further mentioned that Dwivedi was a literator and devoted Railway employee also who served in many important posts in various departments of Railways for a period of 22 years and acquired knowledge in depth of the Railway working.
He also elucidated about the biography of Shri Dwivedi and said that he was a multi-linguist and along with Hindi he had an equal command on Sanskrit, English, Marathi, Gujarati languages.Dwivedi was the early and famous literator of “Khadi boli” (a modern form of Hindi) and was the Editor of most popular Hindi Magazine “Saraswati” for 18 years and set a record in this field. Besides this Shri Dwivedi was the first critic who wrote many books on criticism.He further said that due to the immense contribution of Mahaveer Prasad Dwivedi to the Hindi literature, he represents the second phase of the Modern Hindi literature, known as the “Dwivedi Yug”.
Shri Narottam Singh Uikey Dy.MRA&CE/IV in his addressal said that such functions propagate and spread the usage of Rajbhasha Hindi and also increases its usage in the day to day official work.
Smt.M.V.R.Anjani, Rajbhasha Adhikari/Con. gave an introduction of the biography and literary works of Mahaveer Prasad Dwivedi and said that his contribution to Hindi literature is unforgettable. She also said that he was the first Hindi literator to be honoured with title of “Acharya”.Thereafter Smt.Mangala Abhyankar, Dy.GM(OL), South Central Railway, the Guest Speaker of the function in her address said that as per the directives of Railway Board, Head quarters offices and other departments of S.C.Rly, apart from other Rajbhasha activities celebrate the birthdays of Hindi literators.
She also said that Acharya Mahaveer Prasad Dwivedi was a man of letters and knowledge and an era pioneer.She also briefed about his personality and said that he was a linguistician, translator, historian, economist, critic, essayist etc and also had deep interest in science.She concluded her speech with a detailed description of the literary works of Dwivedi.
